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Edwin Duckworth, a physics doctoral student in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51����, is among 65 students from 29 states recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. The program aspires to “address societal challenges at national and international scale.” With interests in experimental high-energy particles, he will work in the Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics program at Brookhaven National Laboratory from January through December 2022. “I am very excited with this opportunity; Brookhaven has...

51���� will host the kickoff event for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program celebrating “An American Sunrise” by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The kickoff event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12, beginning promptly at 7 p.m. in the Kiva, located in the Student Center, 800 E. Summit Street, Kent, Ohio. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is appreciated. A live stream of this event will be offered to virtual viewers who will receive a link upo...

In late Sept., several 51���� Glauser School Music Education faculty members and doctoral students presented their latest work during research poster sessions at the biennial Symposium of the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE). The 2021 symposium was held virtually. During the three-day event, Jay Dorfman, Ph.D., associate professor and coordinator of music education, presented a study titled “Rhetoric from the Dark Side: Examining Music Teacher Education Faculty Transitions to Administrative Roles.” The survey study included data from 57 participants whose responses ...

In celebration of National LGBTQ+ History Month, we are shining a spotlight on MDJ’s Queer Cinema course taught by Assistant Professor of Media and Journalism and Communication Studies, Dr. Karisa Butler-Wall. The course focuses on queer filmmaking and spectatorship as a critical practice that reflects shifting understandings of gender and sexual nonnormatively across space and time.   “From classical Hollywood cinema to contemporary independent and documentary filmmaking, this class examines how particular historical and cult...

The sixth annual Rainbow Run fundraising “fun run” will take place on Friday, October 8 at 7 p.m. on 51����’s Risman Plaza. All proceeds from the event will benefit the university's LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund. The Rainbow Run is one of most important fundraising events of the year for this fund that’s available to assist any 51���� student who identifies as LGBTQ+ and is in financial crisis. This fund, started in 2010, is managed through 51����’s LGBTQ+ Center. Ken Ditlevson, director of the center, describes the fund as a vital safety net, a lifeline for students who are struggling f...

Two Communication Studies faculty members were honored at the Ohio Communication Association's 2021 Conference, "Resilience Through Communication," Oct. 1-2, 2021, at Youngstown State University. This was the Association's 85th annual conference. Professor Nichole Egbert, Ph.D., earned the Distinguished Scholar Award, which honors the contributions of one of Ohio's top scholars. Egbert's research examines interpersonal and relational topics in health communication, most notably social support and health literacy. Professor Erin Hollenbaugh, Ph.D., nominated Egbert for the award an...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, students have decided to come back to campus and in-person learning, a trend that is evident in the newest class of Golden Flashes, up 4% from last year’s incoming class. As incoming freshmen fill the campus, fellow Flashes can get to know their new classmates. The class of 2025 is filled with students from around the country and the world, with the highest average GPA on record at KSU and from a wide variety of backgrounds, whether that’s socioeconomic, race, gender or sexuality or more. With an increase in enrollment this year, and an increase in graduatio...